{"id":543476,"date":"2021-12-05T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T06:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=543476"},"modified":"2021-12-05T08:55:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T06:55:35","slug":"how-government-spends-every-r100-of-taxpayers-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/543476\/how-government-spends-every-r100-of-taxpayers-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How government spends every R100 of taxpayers&#8217; money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statistics South Africa has published its latest data on government spending, and the key sectors where taxpayer money is used.<\/p>\n<p>The data shows that government spending flirted with the R2 trillion mark in the 2019\/20 financial year, representing a 10% rise from the R1.79 trillion recorded in 2018\/19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;General government&#8217; includes all national and provincial government departments, municipalities, extra-budgetary accounts and funds, and higher education institutions.<\/p>\n<p>When looking at the spend as a R100 total, the biggest expenses are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>R24 on general public services<\/strong> \u2013 including R10 on debt payments and R10 on executive and legislative services;<\/li>\n<li><strong>R20 on education<\/strong> \u2013 including R6 on primary school and R6 on universities and other tertiary schooling;<\/li>\n<li><strong>R15 on social protection<\/strong> \u2013 including R5 on grants and other spending for the elderly, and R4 for families and children;<\/li>\n<li><strong>R11 on health<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 including R7 on hospital spending;<\/li>\n<li><strong>R11 on economic affairs<\/strong> \u2013 including R3 on roads;<\/li>\n<li><strong>R9 on public order<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 including R6 on policing and R1 on prisons;<\/li>\n<li><strong>R9 on miscellaneous and other expenses <\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 including R4 on housing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Government-spending.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-543478 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Government-spending-1024x986.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Government-spending-1024x986.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Government-spending-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Government-spending-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Government-spending-1200x1156.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Government-spending.jpg 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The data shows that Eskom, social grants and debt payments were the biggest cost drivers in 2019\/20.<\/p>\n<p>The government spent an additional R182.8 billion in 2019\/20 compared with 2018\/19. The matrix below breaks this down and provides a snapshot of what drove spending higher (in red) and what the government spent less money on (in blue).<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-543480 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Money-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Money-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Money-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Money-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Money-1200x832.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Money.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic affairs were the most significant factor that pushed overall government spending higher in 2019\/20. National government expenditure on economic affairs jumped by R49.7 billion. A large capital transfer from the Department of Public Enterprises to Eskom was a significant contributor to this rise.<\/p>\n<p>General public services under the national government increased by R25.4 billion. This was mainly due to a rise in interest payments on public debt (up by R22.9 billion or 12.6%).<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government increased spending on education by R16.5 billion, driven largely by spending on educational services by Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>The Water Trading Entity recorded a decline in operating expenditure in 2019\/20, contributing to the R2.2 billion decrease listed under extra-budgetary accounts and funds (housing and community amenities).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/543446\/a-boost-for-cheaper-school-uniforms-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A boost for cheaper school uniforms in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statistics South Africa has published its latest data on government spending, and the key sectors where taxpayer money is used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":437433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-543476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543476"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544030,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543476\/revisions\/544030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}